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shm
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 Posted: Wed Oct 01, 2003 3:24 pm Post subject: Block ads/annoying javascript/flash ads with privoxy |
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Privoxy is a great tool in portage to block ads automatically without user interaction. The default configuration blocks almost ads that I can find 
To use it follow these steps
1. emerge privoxy (based on the once very popular junkbusters)
2. rc-update add privoxy default
3. /etc/init.d/privoxy start
4. configure it in your browser:
(including instuctions for konq and firebird, since those are what I use)
konqueror:
Configure Konqueror->Proxy->Manually Specify proxy settings->hit setup, put in http://127.0.0.1 as the http proxy, and 8118 as the port
MozillaFirebird:
Options->Connection->put in http://127.0.0.1 as the http proxy, and 8118 as the port
5. goto http://p.p/ to see if it's working.
privoxy is extremely powerful. it can do a LOT of things, but simply adblocking is pretty easy. you could set it up to replace Microsoft with Gentoo for example
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fourwood
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| Posted: Wed Oct 01, 2003 4:37 pm Post subject: |
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| Can Privoxy do a lot of things Proxomitron can for Windows? |
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shm
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| Posted: Wed Oct 01, 2003 4:41 pm Post subject: |
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| fourwood wrote: | | Can Privoxy do a lot of things Proxomitron can for Windows? |
Yes, it has a very similiar feature set. You can rewrite/replace CSS, JavaScript, html, any content.
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| Posted: Wed Oct 01, 2003 4:44 pm Post subject: |
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so far i am using epiphany, which has a built-in feature
to manage popups, and have added over 17.000 ad
hosts to my /etc/hosts file so that they are not loaded
either.
i will check into this though; thanks for posting. |
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shm
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| Posted: Wed Oct 01, 2003 5:14 pm Post subject: |
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| neenee wrote: | so far i am using epiphany, which has a built-in feature
to manage popups, and have added over 17.000 ad
hosts to my /etc/hosts file so that they are not loaded
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Yeah, most modern browsers (except for IE ) have popup blocking features (moz+related browsers (firebird, epiphany, galeon), konq+related browsers (safari, omniweb), opera).
Adding ad hosts can work, but it may not have as good results as dynamically checking for them. Especially with all of the ads that are not images, but rather put in CSS layers, like the side ad in osnews.com.
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| Posted: Wed Oct 01, 2003 6:04 pm Post subject: |
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emerge privoxy (3.0.2) fails for me (using gcc-3.3.1-r4):
| Code: | In file included from /usr/include/bits/posix1_lim.h:126,
from /usr/include/limits.h:144,
from /usr/lib/gcc-lib/i686-pc-linux-gnu/3.3.1/include/limits.h:122,
from /usr/lib/gcc-lib/i686-pc-linux-gnu/3.3.1/include/syslimits.h:7,
from /usr/lib/gcc-lib/i686-pc-linux-gnu/3.3.1/include/limits.h:11,
from cgi.c:428:
/usr/include/bits/local_lim.h:36:26: linux/limits.h: No such file or directory
make: *** [cgi.o] Error 1
make: *** Waiting for unfinished jobs....
!!! ERROR: net-www/privoxy-3.0.2 failed.
!!! Function src_compile, Line 44, Exitcode 2
!!! make failed.
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Lovechild
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| Posted: Wed Oct 01, 2003 8:00 pm Post subject: |
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| neenee wrote: | so far i am using epiphany, which has a built-in feature
to manage popups, and have added over 17.000 ad
hosts to my /etc/hosts file so that they are not loaded
either.
i will check into this though; thanks for posting. |
A posting of that list would be nice - along with a short article of course... these days it seems blacklisting seems to be the most CPU efficient way to avoid porn pop ups. |
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neenee
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hmm.. the last time when i made a post
in the tip and tricks section, many replied
to it and commented on my lack of caps
and proper grammar or however it would
be classified.
so i am a bit squeamish about doing it
again. lol.
but i will. just to show 'em.
*update* tada |
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shm
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| Posted: Wed Oct 01, 2003 8:28 pm Post subject: |
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| Lovechild wrote: |
A posting of that list would be nice - along with a short article of course... these days it seems blacklisting seems to be the most CPU efficient way to avoid porn pop ups. |
CPU efficient means using 1% CPU instead of 2%?
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neenee
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he was not referring to it as being significantly
more cpu efficient. he was just referring to it as
it seemingly being the most cpu efficient method.
as for an answer to your question:
i think cpu efficient means that a process does
not use more cpu than necessary; as little waste
as possible.
and, speaking for myself, if i can find an alternate
method to perform a task which would use one per-
cent less cpu, i would go for it.
anyway.. to stay on-topic:
i unmerged my kernel-headers which caused the
privoxy compile problem. i emerged them again and
privoxy emerged just fine.
i am trying it out now  |
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| Posted: Wed Oct 01, 2003 8:43 pm Post subject: |
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| shm wrote: | | Lovechild wrote: |
A posting of that list would be nice - along with a short article of course... these days it seems blacklisting seems to be the most CPU efficient way to avoid porn pop ups. |
CPU efficient means using 1% CPU instead of 2%? |
Well, blacklist was mean more as a general term - try the same with spam and you will see on some machine (even current ones) the scoring systems employed by SpamAssassin will take as much as 30s per mail, and when you get 100-200 mails a day like I do that's just unacceptable, so I disabled spamfiltering untill a faster alternative is found - Bogofilter maybe.. needs traning though, and it's not a snug fit in Evolution with any method I know - the closed I've discovered was the GWN hint on bogofilter and it still left dead links to deleted mails in the SPAM folder after it learned from it.. there simple doesn't exist a good way of handling spam today, and by good I mean efficent and correct. |
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| Posted: Wed Oct 01, 2003 8:48 pm Post subject: |
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i still use spamassassin, with razor. and indeed it takes long 
ps. sorry if i came across a bit strong
in that post above. i tend to do that
sometimes. it happens before i have
the chance to correct myself. |
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| Posted: Wed Oct 01, 2003 11:31 pm Post subject: |
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| Lovechild wrote: |
Well, blacklist was mean more as a general term - try the same with spam and you will see on some machine (even current ones) the scoring systems employed by SpamAssassin will take as much as 30s per mail, and when you get 100-200 mails a day like I do that's just |
Yes, but your analogy isn't correct because web proxies only add an insignificant amount of latency. This is because, simply put, they don't have to do a large amount of processing (essentially, they don't have to be as intelligent). Email filters often DO have to quite intelligent in order to work properly, and thus, they do take more CPU cycles.
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| Posted: Thu Oct 02, 2003 7:19 am Post subject: |
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i am not sure what that should do, but it does not load
for me. privoxy was started though, and i have set
the proxy in epiphany and i can browse normal sites. |
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| Posted: Thu Oct 02, 2003 12:03 pm Post subject: Re: Block ads/annoying javascript/flash ads with privoxy |
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konqueror:
Configure Konqueror->Proxy->Manually Specify proxy settings->hit setup, put in http://127.0.0.1 as the http proxy, and 8118 as the port
MozillaFirebird:
Options->Connection->put in http://127.0.0.1 as the http proxy, and 8118 as the port
5. goto http://p.p/ to see if it's working.
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you have to drop the http:// part of the proxy address, like this:
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konqueror:
Configure Konqueror->Proxy->Manually Specify proxy settings->hit setup, put in 127.0.0.1 as the http proxy, and 8118 as the port
MozillaFirebird:
Options->Connection->put in 127.0.0.1 as the http proxy, and 8118 as the port
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and then go to the url mentioned in step 5.
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| Posted: Thu Oct 02, 2003 12:49 pm Post subject: |
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it appears i set the proxy in the wrong location;
i have now set it in my gnome configuration and
all is well.
thank you for your reply |
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| Posted: Thu Oct 02, 2003 5:14 pm Post subject: |
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| neenee wrote: | emerge privoxy (3.0.2) fails for me (using gcc-3.3.1-r4):
| Code: | In file included from /usr/include/bits/posix1_lim.h:126,
from /usr/include/limits.h:144,
from /usr/lib/gcc-lib/i686-pc-linux-gnu/3.3.1/include/limits.h:122,
from /usr/lib/gcc-lib/i686-pc-linux-gnu/3.3.1/include/syslimits.h:7,
from /usr/lib/gcc-lib/i686-pc-linux-gnu/3.3.1/include/limits.h:11,
from cgi.c:428:
/usr/include/bits/local_lim.h:36:26: linux/limits.h: No such file or directory
make: *** [cgi.o] Error 1
make: *** Waiting for unfinished jobs....
!!! ERROR: net-www/privoxy-3.0.2 failed.
!!! Function src_compile, Line 44, Exitcode 2
!!! make failed.
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Have you copy your /usr/src/linux/include/linux directory to /usr/include ?
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| Posted: Thu Oct 02, 2003 9:51 pm Post subject: |
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privoxy works; please read one of my
previous posts in this thread to see how
i fixed it. |
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| Posted: Tue Dec 16, 2003 11:29 am Post subject: |
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| giving it a whirl. gives me an excuse to porn surf for a while. |
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| Posted: Thu Dec 18, 2003 5:32 pm Post subject: |
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i spend a lot of time using linux/internet for fun/studies/... 
I am looking for a way to change the CSS styles of html tags
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[[FROM]]
<body bgcolor="#ffffff" text="#000000"
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<body bgcolor="#000000" text="#ffffff"
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#ffffff=white
#000000=black
privoxy sucks a lot i spent 3hours and i dont understand the way to do it !
any idea ? 
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| Posted: Fri Dec 19, 2003 8:38 am Post subject: Image problems |
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some images seem to come up kinda funky, some are missing features, some don't animate the way they should. Specifically, some of the emoticons that should be on my screen as I edit this are kinda screwed up.     I can't see any of those properly! |
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| Posted: Sat Nov 27, 2004 5:11 pm Post subject: Re: Image problems |
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| mlsfit138 wrote: | | some images seem to come up kinda funky, some are missing features, some don't animate the way they should. Specifically, some of the emoticons that should be on my screen as I edit this are kinda screwed up. I can't see any of those properly! |
Privoxy is probably set to deanimate gifs. Check the /etc/privoxy/default.action file. |
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| Posted: Tue Nov 30, 2004 2:48 am Post subject: Re: Image problems |
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| DarkStalker wrote: | | mlsfit138 wrote: | | some images seem to come up kinda funky, some are missing features, some don't animate the way they should. Specifically, some of the emoticons that should be on my screen as I edit this are kinda screwed up. I can't see any of those properly! |
Privoxy is probably set to deanimate gifs. Check the /etc/privoxy/default.action file. |
nice of you bringing up a nearly 1 year thread! 
anyway...
i use adblock extension for firefox and thunderbird for spam protection!
no extra cpu usage (well... :p) and easy integration with browser/mail client... specially because i can always cancel something to view an ad that happened not to be an ad, and false positives on my mail box!
hope it helps
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| Posted: Tue Nov 30, 2004 2:59 am Post subject: Re: Image problems |
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| Rheddry wrote: | | nice of you bringing up a nearly 1 year thread! |
Hey! He is helping someone, whats the problem! |
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| Posted: Tue Nov 30, 2004 3:19 am Post subject: Re: Image problems |
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| Z3RO 0 wrote: | | Rheddry wrote: | | nice of you bringing up a nearly 1 year thread! |
Hey! He is helping someone, whats the problem! |
LOL i know!!
And it's great he did, like i did to giving my opinion on new forms of fighting ads and spam! =)
i just... had to say it! :p 
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